LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 238, 13 January 1875, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(FROM THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS AGENCY)

AUCKLAND, January 5. The Macgrcgor left San Francisco on the Blh December. She was detained three days for the arrival of the English Mail. She left Honolulu on the 18111. Passengers for Auckland—Messrs. A. Waddell, H. B. St. John, Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Styak and two children, and 13 in the steerage. For Dunedin—ll. G. Cameron. J. Stewart. For Sydney 21, and for Melbourne 7 passengers. Cargo —2,647 of sugar fur Auckland, and a large cargo for Australia.

LONDON, December 7.

Calcutta telegrams state that the Government are satisfied that the man captured is not Nana Sahib.

Foreign Office despatches state that Dr. Livingstone’s letters have arrived at Zanzibar.

Al, a meeting of Ronun Catholic Unions held in London, it was resolved that the loyalty of the Catholics was not affected by the Papal infallibility dogma. The parlizans of Don Alphonse, in Spain are endeavoring to negotiate with Marshal Serrano for the restoration of the Monarchy. Marshall Serrano positively refuses. The Argentine rebellion has been settled by the unconditional surrender of General Mitre and his army, after their defeat by the Government forces.

A despatch from Berlin states that it is reported that Great Britain has finally refused to lake partin the international law conference whteh;Russia proposes to re-open at St. Peters-, burgh. Prince Bismarck, in the course of his reply to Herr Windhorst in the Reichstag, said “ I am in possession of conclusive evidence that the Council was cut short on account of the Franco-German war. The Council’s vote would have been very different had the French been victorious. I know, from the best sources, that Napolpon was dragged into the war very much against his will by Juesuitical influences. At the eleventh hour he determided on peace ; he kept his resolntiou half an hour, bnt ultimately wits overpowered by persons representing the Vatican."

Thiers says that Italian unity is irrevocably accomplished in France, who, if she withes to preserve the friendship of Italy, must recognise this fact, and not adopt the clerical policy towards the country.

The Pope absolutely refused to recommend a Bishop imprisoned in Brazil to resign his sec as a pleasure for reconciliation of the differences with Government.